Door fixture



H. LANGER DOOR FIXTURE Jan. 12 1926.

2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed July 18, 1923 Patented a... 12, [1926.

HARRY LANGER, OF MTLWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

. Application flled July 18, 1923. Serial No. 652,814.

i To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that .I, HARRY LA G-E a citizen of the United States, and'resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of -Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door Fixtures; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof. i

This invention relates to door fixtures'and is particularly directed to mechanism for temporarily holding a swinging door open.

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jects of thisrinvention are to provide a door fixture in which manuallypperable' means are arranged adjacent the outer or moving portion-of the door and readily aecessible to'the operator,-in which a pivotally mounted bar is provided with means at- -its outer end for latching the door in open position, and in which a manually operable release is carried by theouter end of such latchin bar. 7 0 Further o jects are to provide mea'ns for retaining a door in 0 en position, which may be readily o eratec with a Small effort, which is of stur y and simple construction, which may be cheaply manufactured, and which may be readily applied.

Embodiments of the invention are shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figurel is a plan view of a pair of swinging doorswith a portion ofthe door casing and the latch mechanism illustrated.

Figure 2 isa sectional view on. theline 2 2 of Figure 1. v

Figure 3 is a view on the line 33 of Figuregl. I

Figure 4 is a detail view on the line 14 Figures 5,- 6, 7-, 8 and 9 are detailed views corresponding to Figure 4 showing further modified forms of t This latching mechanism is primarily dee invention.

signed for a swinging door 1 which is hingedly carried b a door casing 2-the door belngpreferabiy hinged to the uprights 3 of such casing, as illustrated in Figures 1 an 2. v

An'arm 4 is pivotall .carried adjacent its inner end by means 0 a bracket 5 secured to the under side of the upper portion of the casing 2. This bar may conveniently be of channel iron, as shown in Figures2 and 3,

and is provided with a notch 6 adjacent its outer end. A bracket 7 is secured to the.

. inner face of the'door and is provided with "a rectangular opening 8 .through which the I arm 4,is a'da ted to'slide. This bracket, 'it Wlll be'seen rom Figures 1, 2 and 4 has a relatively thin portion 9 which is adapted to seat within the notch 6 of the arm'when the 'door is in full open position, as shown in- Figures. 1 to 4:, thus when it is desiredto openthe door, it is merely necessary 2 to' swing the door outwardly inthe usual manner,,the bar 4 sliding freely within the openmg 8 of the bracket 7 and its notch 6 finally engaging the portion 9 of such bracket and moving into latching position.

Manually operable-1 means for releasing the bar is carried by the outer end of the bar 4, and in the form illustrated in Figures 1 to 4, comprises a lever 10 piv'otallysecured,

'as'indic'ated at 11, to' the bar 4. The'o'uter end of this lever is provided with a rod 12 which may terminate in a manipulating hand eyelet '13.

The operation of the apparatus is as follows :The door, as stated, is swung into its open position in the usual manner and.

the bar 4 drops into latching position and thus securely retains the door 0 en. When it "is desired to release the bar, 1t is merely necessary to pull downwardly upon the rod '12. The lever 10 rocks about the portion 9 of the bracket and elevates its pivot 11;

thus raising thebar and detaching it from the bracket.

Figure 5 shows a further-form of the invention in which the bar 14 isdevoid of" notches and instead a notch 15 is provided in the cam shaped portion of the latching lever 16. This ever is pivoted intermediate its ends to the outer end of the bar 14 as I engages the notch '15 of such lever. '.-;To re.-

'lease the device, it is merely necessary to ends adapted to receive the portion 9 of the bracket after such portion has raised the latching lever 19- by slilt'lintg1 face 21 of such lever. s case, the de-.

along the cam .vice is detached by pushingi up on the acent its inner-end. A

Figure 7 shows a further form of the in- "ention in which the arm 22 is provlded with a notch 23 adjacent its outer end, and

in which a detaching lever 24 is pivoted as indicated at 25 intermediate its ends. In

this-form of the invention, the detaching is 'efiected by'pressing upwardly upon the rod 12 thus forcing the inner end of the lever 24 downwardly and raising the bar 22 from' 1 locking engagement with the portion 9 of the'bracket.

Figure 8 shows a further form in which the arm 26 is provided with a locking shoulder 27 adjacent its outer end and with a beveled face 28 leading to such shoulder, as shown in dotted lines in such figure.

' The lever 29, in this case, is pivoted at 30 adjacent the outer end of the arm'26 and. is 1 provided with a locking shoulder 31. adpin' 32 maybe provided to prevent the lever s falling below the lower edge ofthe arm 26. In this form of the invention, the portion 9 of thebracket isheld betweenthe shoulder 27 of the arm and the shoulder 31 of the lever 29. When apparatus is detached by pushing the rod it is desired to detach the, device, it is mere-:

y-ly necessary to pull downwardly upon the rod 12 thus moving the shoulder 31 upwardly out of engagement withthe ortion 9 ofthe bracket. The door may t en be readily closedand. the bar .26 ,will rideupder, as s own in dotted lines,- The inner locking shoulder 36 is carried by the lever 37 which is pivotally mounted adjacent. its

inner end, as indicated 81338, to the outer portlon of the-bar 33. f This form of the .12 upwardly thus moving the inner shoulder gure 9 shows a further form ofthe inraising esai new 3.6 :out of engagement with portion 9 of the bracket.

. It will thus seen that a door fixture has been provided which will latch the door in open position, which ma be operated by manual means located a jacent the outer end of-the locking arm,'and within- I ready accesslof the o erator as he grips the outer portion of to closing it.

I It will further be seen thatonly a small efi'ort need be made to effect detachment and thatthe device may,therefore, be easily operated. I

5'5 e door preparatory n will further be as that 'neitherexcessive effort is required nor excessive; strains placed upon any portlon of the apparatus during detachingo eration.

Itxis'further to be noted t at the device is extremely simple, may be most readily pro- 4' substantial construction-not likely to get out of order-L 7 Although a few forms of the invention have been described in considerable detail,- it, is to be understood that the invention may be variously embodied and is to be limited only' as claimed. i

I-claimr The combination of a casing, otally carried thereby, a bar av'" its inner end pivoted to said casing aiid having a notch ormed in its outer end, a bracket, rigidly carried by said door for slidably recelving said bar and cooperating with said 'duced and attached, and is of sturdy and a door piv- V notch to latch said door in open-position,

and a manually 0 (enable lever ivoted to said bar ad'acent t e outer end is ereoilforbar from said bracket.,to dis-' engage saidbracket from said notch, said lever beingadapted to bear against said bracket when elevating said bar.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I. have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee, in the'county of Milwaukee andState of Wisconsin. a

- HARRY LANGER. I 

